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During the reign of the 4th century Roman Emperor Constantine, various Peoples of the Empire were converted to the Christian religion. They believed that God is in the heavens, that He made the earth in seven days, that the sun goes around the earth, and that the earth is flat. This cosmology was a foundation of their spirituality. In the 16th century Copernicus and Galileo discovered that the earth is round, that it rotates daily on its axis and goes around the sun annually in a wide orbit. In the next 300 years scientific research explored the structure of the earth and its place in the cosmos, and in the 19th century we learned that life on earth had evolved during 3 billion years. In the twentieth century, living daily in an industrial society, we are exploring space. Gradually the nature of our basic convictions is evolving. A people’s spirituality derives, slowly, in association with their daily perceptions, feelings, reflections, occupations and actions. And from time to time we assess who we are in this process.